BENTON, J.
This case asks the question whether a seventeen-year-old who has entered a plea of nolo contendere to armed robbery as a juvenile can thereafter be tried and punished as an adult, over objection on double jeopardy grounds, where the trial judge accepted the plea he tendered as a juvenile, after hearing his confession.
A criminal defendant earlier placed in jeopardy in juvenile court has a federal constitutional right, as appellant contends, not...
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